Sentences with phrase «home against relegation»

So its setup a must win game for Chelsea at home against relegation threatened Swansea City side.

Holding on, and quite quite frankly being dominated in the 2nd hakf at home against relegation threatened Hull.

Home against a relegation team with the worst manager in the whole league (even the Magpies fans agree with me) and got outplayed them most of the match.

Only good thing was seeing Chelsea lose and tott and liv failing to win at home against relegation teams.

Not exact matches

However, Dusan Tadic gave the Saints the lead in the 21st minute, with the home side facing their own battle to avoid relegation this season and very much looking up for the challenge on Saturday against a lacklustre Chelsea side.

The Reds have an away record that is quite similar to clubs fighting against relegation and the supporters have been forced to watch some pitiful football over the last few months, especially away from Anfield while they have also suffered some embarrassing losses like the defeats to Blackpool and Wolves at home.

The Black Cats fought against relegation in 2012/13 and will be hoping to pick up some points against fellow bottom - half teams such as Fulham, Southampton and Crystal Palace in their opening three games, though they then face a tricky home game against Arsenal.

now we are edgy against a relegation threatened team at home, who were denied a stonewall penalty in the dying minutes of the game

Even though Arsenal would normally expect a Premier League home game against a club currently in the relegation zone to be a banker win and another three points in the bag, this is not a normal situation.

All in all my verdict is that today we BOTTLED it, at home, against a relegation team.

1 home win against relegation team and ur talking smack.

Watford can be feeling a bit of confidence right now, having only lost one of their last five games, including home wins against Chelsea, Everton and West Brom, and have moved well clear of the relegation zone and into the top half of the table.

Derby ended the 1989/90 season only three points (plus, obviously, goal difference) above the relegation zone, but throughout the season had won by two or more goals in eight of their nine home games against the rest of the bottom half, and so ended up safe with a goal difference of positive - 3.

Wenger has said Ozil and Sanchez should be available for the home fixture next Sunday against relegation contenders and defending champions Chelsea, good start.

Yeah and look how he is treating US FANS at the end of his career.He just doesn't care.This is an intelligent man.He knows he no longer has the ability to Manage a top level Football Club.His tired and outdated methods have left us trailing the very clubs we used to dominate.Wenger has left us 5 years behind these Clubs.The younger modern manager know how to get results.Even against each other.Wenger can't even get a result away from home against teams in the relegation area.These teams used to FEAR playing us.Now they look forward to it.They know we will be playing with the same old tactics with plenty of the ball that gets us nowhere.No spine to the side.No passion in the side.No confidence from the players in the Manager.He should have been replaced 7 years ago

In our two most recent games we shared the spoils, with a comprehensive Southampton victory (3 - 0) at the London Stadium just a fortnight after we had thrown away a two goal advantage in the home game against Watford last September, the catalysts for early season discontent which saw us sitting in a relegation place at the time.

The home side came into the game just four points above the relegation places, and had the unlikely job of somehow finding a winning against a United side who haven't lost in their last 17 games, and who also haven't conceded in their last five.

With his team just four points above the relegation zone, Angers coach Stephane Moulin had made no secret of prioritising Saturday's home game against Caen over the trip to the capital.

The Royals had made a stuttering start to life in the top - flight (they would succumb to relegation at the end of the season) but under the lights at their home patch, their players flew out of blocks against their opponents, racing into a 4 - 0 lead after 35 minutes.

The Saints are doing well enough on home soil at the moment to suggest that they can take three points against the relegation - threatened Newcastle.

After a disappointing home draw against Bournemouth, Manchester United returned to winning ways in the Barclays Premier league with a 3 - 1 victory over relegation threatened Middlesbrough.

The Magpies are in big trouble here and a game on the south coast against Southampton, who are generally pretty reliable at home, doesn't appear to offer them any chance of working their way out of their relegation problems.

After Tottenham picked up three points against Stoke, the pressure was on Arsenal to deliver the same result at home to a relegation battling Wigan side.

The only win Klopp's side managed this year was in an FA Cup replay against fourth - tier Plymouth Argyle, with defeats to relegation strugglers Swansea City and Hull City over the past few weeks at home.

Rovers currently occupy 18th place, the first of three relegation spots, but victory on Saturday at home to 17th placed Wigan Athletic would guarantee Blackburn's stint in the bottom three would be a brief one, while even a draw would stand them in good stead of escaping the drop zone, although victory is somewhat imperative considering fixtures as golden as this, against a team in close proximity and a fixture they would highly rate their chances in, don't come around too often.

A somewhat anticipated defeat at home to Chelsea this weekend would almost definitely see the team drop down into the relegation zone for the first time this season, but Rovers raised their game against the» big boys» at Ewood Park last term, Chelsea included, so who's to say Blackburn won't give the current league leaders a bitter taste of Deja Vu when the two sides meet on Saturday, with last season's encounter finishing honours even in a 1 - 1 draw.

Middlesrbough side just three points away from relegation zone and their next two home fixtures are against Liverpool and Chelsea where any positive result is a bonus.

They have lost their last three league outings now and went down 1 - 0 against Birmingham in a huge relegation scrap in their last home game.

The Foxes will have been disappointed with a 1 - 1 home draw against the relegation - threatened Stoke last weekend, but now have the chance to make immediate amends as they play host to Bournemouth.

Following on from Good Friday's 2 - 1 defeat at Elland Road against Leeds United, Bolton Wanderers return home to face relegation rivals, Birmingham City.

They can turn their attentions to a slightly easier home game against the relegation - threatened Swansea on Sunday.

Steve Mounie's double helped Huddersfield to a 4 - 1 home win against Bournemouth, lifting them out of the Premier League relegation zone.

His next game, against relegation threatened Swansea City, saw him swipe wildly at a cross to gift the home side a soft corner.

The Babazorros look like strong candidates for relegation this season, but they usually make things tough at home and will put up a fight against Barça on Saturday.